Poem 3 – A Tiger in the Zoo

Name the poet of the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’.

The poem draws a contrast between and

What has been personified in the poem?

Name the poetic device used in the line “In his quiet rage”.

Name the poetic device used in the line “He stalks in his vivid stripes”.

Why should he be lurking in shadow?

Name the poetic device used in the line “Baring his white fangs,his claws”.

What describes ‘tiger in a cell’?

By‘ignoring visitors’, what is the poet trying to say?

The tiger is locked in a/an:

Name the poetic device used in the line “On pads of velvet quiet”.

What described ‘tiger in a jungle’?

The tiger hears the voice of at night.

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(a) Who is ‘he’ in the first line?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(b) Where is ‘he’?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(c) The name of the poem is:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(d) The tiger is:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

1. He stalks in his vivid stripes
The few steps of his cage
On pads of velvet quiet,
In his quiet rage.

(e) A word from the stanza which means ‘bright’ is:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

2. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(a) According to the extract, the poet wishes for the tiger to be ‘sliding’ through the foliage as this would:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

2. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(b) Which fact does not connect with the significance of the water hole for the tiger?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

2. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(c) Pick the option that does not use ‘lurking’ correctly to fill in the blank.

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

2. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(d) ‘shadow’ here, refers to the shadow of:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

2. He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(e) Pick the phrase that does not suggest that the forest in the extract is lush.

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

3. But he’s locked in a concrete cell.
His strength behind bars.
Stalking the length of his cage.
Ignoring visitors.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars

(a) Which option correctly lists the reason for the tiger stalking the length of his cage’?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

3. But he’s locked in a concrete cell.
His strength behind bars.
Stalking the length of his cage.
Ignoring visitors.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars

(b) The main contrasting idea suggested by the extract is that of:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

3. But he’s locked in a concrete cell.
His strength behind bars.
Stalking the length of his cage.
Ignoring visitors.
He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars

(c) Choose the option listing the most likely reason for the tiger to ignore visitors, according to the extract.

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

4. He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(a) Where does the voice come from?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

4. He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(b) The tiger stares at the:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

4. He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(c) ‘He’refers to:

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

4. He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(d) Who is the poet?

Directions: Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow:

4. He hears the last voice at night,
The patrolling cars,
And stares with his brilliant eyes
At the brilliant stars.

(e) The word‘stares’means: